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The Central Electoral Board (JCE) is back at work today with an agenda of 80 items pending decision. Among these is the request of the board?s former president, Ram?n Morel Cerda, to fire JCE secretary, Antonio Lockward, and to create electoral offices in the new cities of Villa La Mata in Cotu?, Quisqueya in San …

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A recent study conducted by the Technical Office of the Ministry of Sports revealed that the Dominican Republic could win between 25 and 35 medals in the upcoming Pan Am Games. Between 11 and 15 different sports are given a chance at medals.  Perhaps the best bets are Track, Archery, Men?s Handball, Boxing, Karate, Wrestling, …

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According to Roque Napole?n Mu?oz, the Pan American Sports Organization?s man on the scene, certain venues and installations are late in being completed.  According to ?Polon?s? latest report, there are seven venues whose completion is behind schedule. He mentioned the Palmarejo Equestrian Center, the Football (soccer) fields in San Crist?bal and the Parque del Este, …

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Jes?s de la Rosa said yesterday in Santo Domingo that the Santo Domingo Pan Am Games have broken all cost records. ?These will be the most costly games in the history of the Games and held in the poorest nation to have undertaken them,? said De la Rosa, the former sports minister during the PRD …

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The president of the Dominican Senate, Andr?s Bautista, dismissed 60 consultants and released 40 military and police officials from their duties.  In an effort to reduce payroll, due to his said-to-be unlikely re-election as Senate president, Bautista reduced the number of consultants to just 40, whose monthly salaries vary from RD$6,000 to RD$25,000.  According to …

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The Partido Revolucionario Dominicano (PRD) is in crisis as President Mej?a announced his decision to go for a second term. As reported in today?s Hoy, it seems that the mediators within the party are juggling three possibilities. Ivelisse Prats de P?rez, a member of the PRD mediation committee, said that among the formulas that have …

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In a press conference held yesterday, the National Council of Business (CONEP) pushed for the government to put the adjustments needed to restore confidence of the leading economic factors of the country ahead of politics. Among the most salient points is the reduction of public spending, as agreed to with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). …

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The baker?s union (UMPHI) and the Ministry of Industry and Commerce have agreed to a two-week delay in the proposed price increases for bread products. Industry Minister Sonia Guzm?n and the head of the Union of Medium and Small Bakers, Pedro Pablo Grull?n, brokered the agreement. According to statements made by Grull?n at the press …

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The risk assessment firm of Bear Stearns considers the banking sector of the Dominican Republic to have the capacity and determination to weather the current financial storm. For this reason, they have given the bond issues a new rating of Ba2/B+. In their ?Update on Sovereign Bonds in Latin America? report, Bear Stearns says that …

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Marisol Vicens, the president of the National Association of Young Entrepreneurs (ANJE), requested that the Chamber of Deputies delay the passage of the so-called ?Little Package? of tax adjustments until next year, when the tax reform announced by the government would enter into effect. The young business leader called the move to ratify the new …

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